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5.0 out of 5 starsit may not lead one to a garden but it will sure let you be familiar with your personal eden.

15 August 2018

East of eden is one of those books where you can open to any page & start reading it & appreciate the effort put behind it.

John steinbeck makes every single element in this book stand out, the characters, the place, the weather, the animals everything in this book has so much heart in it, it gets overwhelming at times. The underlying themes & philosophies are so human. Steinbeck dissects everything from a man's greed to love, malice, innocence & pure evil with careful precision of a surgeon & lays it out in a layman's tongue to soak it all in. This book is not just about the stories of 2 families living in a valley but it talks about what it is to be alive, being a part of family & the ties that bounds a family together. In a microcosm of 2 families Steinbeck explores life itself.

Cathy seems to be the one character that is hard to get out of your head, among the myriad of characters that are fascinating. The shades of black in her character is unparalleled & the things that steinbeck lets you peek once you look into the abyss of her mind is a work of genius.Amidst the Hamiltons & Trasks you will be lost in Salinas valley & learing more about life that you ever will, the book has friends to offer, enemies to be afraid of, teachers you wish you had, love that is powerful & malice that is unforgiving.

All I wish is that I knew of this book when I was young before I picked up Atlas shrugged that is, the direction that it offers to its reader is one that every person should walk, it may not lead one to a garden but it will sure let you be familiar with your personal eden.

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East of eden is one of those books where you can open to any page & start reading it & appreciate the effort put behind it.

John steinbeck makes every single element in this book stand out, the characters, the place, the weather, the animals everything in this book has so much heart in it, it gets overwhelming at times. The underlying themes & philosophies are so human. Steinbeck dissects everything from a man's greed to love, malice, innocence & pure evil with careful precision of a surgeon & lays it out in a layman's tongue to soak it all in. This book is not just about the stories of 2 families living in a valley but it talks about what it is to be alive, being a part of family & the ties that bounds a family together. In a microcosm of 2 families Steinbeck explores life itself.

Cathy seems to be the one character that is hard to get out of your head, among the myriad of characters that are fascinating. The shades of black in her character is unparalleled & the things that steinbeck lets you peek once you look into the abyss of her mind is a work of genius.Amidst the Hamiltons & Trasks you will be lost in Salinas valley & learing more about life that you ever will, the book has friends to offer, enemies to be afraid of, teachers you wish you had, love that is powerful & malice that is unforgiving.

All I wish is that I knew of this book when I was young before I picked up Atlas shrugged that is, the direction that it offers to its reader is one that every person should walk, it may not lead one to a garden but it will sure let you be familiar with your personal eden.

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I had given the choice of writing the review after so many months, because I thought they had removed the link. And like most of them I didn't receive the bookmark and I had to use the old one.The author had given us immense knowledge about the way Salinas and it's surroundings looked. Cathy (a) Kate is the name you will never forget and be doomed for knowing her and her demerits.It's may look kind of disdain on how the author took control of the story since it is fictional, gloomy but thoughtful.This is a kind of book for who ought to be valors because of the composition it has, the comprehensive looping of two families is different.Finally Justifying the wrongs done by the characters reminds the real world scenario and makes us to look back.Filthy or Virtue it deals only with these things. A Better becomes best and a worse turns hell.A classic fictional as it should be!!

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This is an iconic novel by Steinbeck. Keeping in mind the biblical story of Cain and Abel he structured the storyline in a modern American setting and did it with his usual mastery. This is hailed by a number of critics as "the" American novel and that is pretty much accurate. Set in Salinas valley of California this novel tries to explore various human psyche by telling a family's history. Read this amazing novel, folks.

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A classic by the master. The story simply flows. I had just read 'Centennial' by James Michener before reading this. I was apprehesive when I found that both dealt with almost the same geographic region. My fears were unfounded. The two books....and authors are as different as chalk and cheese. Both are great writers

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The story seems to wrestle with its moral nugget just like its characters do. Reading the book was like talking to an old man talk of things he knew first hand to be true ...full of humility that comes from wisdom.

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The book quality is passable, the pages being somewhat thin. But it feels nice to hold.This book is often regarded as the most influential classic in American literature. I cannot recommend it enough. Everyone must read this atleast once.